Neck fat and obstructive sleep apnea in obese adolescents.

ABSTRACT:

Study objectives

Increased neck circumference, a surrogate for the neck fat that can narrow the upper airway in obese individuals, is a risk factor for obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) in adults, but the association between neck fat and OSAS in adolescent males and females is unknown. We hypothesized that obese adolescents with OSAS have more neck fat than controls, females more neck fat than males, and that neck fat correlates with obesity and OSAS severity.

Methods

Obese adolescents with OSAS and obese and normal-weight controls underwent upper airway magnetic resonance imaging, polysomnography, and anthropometrics, including neck circumference measurement. Intra-neck and subcutaneous neck fat measurements were manually segmented and compared among the three groups

SUBMITTER: Cielo CM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8598172 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature